Virtual Reality in Health Science Education: Professors’ Perceptions
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Objectives and Variables
2.3. Instrument
2.4. Design and Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Limitations and Lines of Future Research
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Factor | Cronbach’s Alpha |
---|---|
Competence | 0.7799 |
Technical aspects | 0.8537 |
Usability of VR | 0.7923 |
Disadvantages | 0.7915 |
Future | 0.8032 |
Didactic usefulness of VR | 0.8121 |
Factor | Mean (Out of 5) | Std. Deviation (Out of 5) | Coefficient of Variation (%) | Skewness |
---|---|---|---|---|
Competence | 2.60 | 1.13 | 43.46 | 0.15 |
Technical aspects | 3.94 | 0.98 | 24.83 | −0.69 |
Usability of VR | 4.16 | 0.90 | 21.54 | −1.13 |
Disadvantages | 3.60 | 1.24 | 34.48 | −0.46 |
Future | 3.89 | 0.91 | 23.39 | −0.40 |
Didactic usefulness of VR | 4.07 | 0.99 | 24.39 | −0.89 |
Competence | Technical | Usability | Disadvantages | Future | Didactic | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Competence | 1 | −0.12 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.06 | 0.26 |
Technical | 1 | 0.58 | 0.03 | 0.13 | 0.20 | |
Usability | 1 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 0.34 | ||
Disadvantages | 1 | 0.05 | 0.36 | |||
Future | 1 | 0.17 | ||||
Didactic | 1 |
Mean Private (Out of 5) | Mean Public (Out of 5) | t | p-Value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Competence | 2.57 | 2.63 | −0.7281 | 0.4667 |
Technical | 3.98 | 3.89 | 0.9414 | 0.3468 |
Usability | 4.19 | 4.13 | 1.3267 | 0.1850 |
Disadvantages | 3.61 | 3.59 | 0.3721 | 0.7099 |
Future | 3.80 | 3.99 | −2.4982 | 0.0128 * |
Didactic | 4.13 | 4.01 | 2.4112 | 0.0160 * |
Private | Public | MANOVA F | MANOVA p-Value | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Female | Male | Female | Male | |||
Competence | 2.58 | 2.54 | 2.40 | 3.02 | 15.3584 | 0.0001 * |
Technical | 4.10 | 3.67 | 4.02 | 3.67 | 0.2683 | 0.6046 |
Usability | 4.27 | 3.98 | 4.12 | 4.15 | 5.1734 | 0.0232 * |
Disadvantages | 3.57 | 3.74 | 3.75 | 3.31 | 17.5445 | <0.0001 * |
Future | 3.80 | 3.80 | 3.93 | 4.10 | 1.0393 | 0.3085 |
Didactic | 4.16 | 4.05 | 4.06 | 3.92 | 0.1168 | 0.7325 |
Variable | Estimate | Std. Error | F-Statistic | p-Value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Competence | Slope | 0.0064 | 0.0050 | 1.6610 | 0.1982 |
Independent term | 2.2723 | 0.2364 | |||
Technical aspects | Slope | −0.0040 | 0.0042 | 0.9415 | 0.3325 |
Independent term | 4.1717 | 0.1988 | |||
Usability of VR | Slope | −0.0019 | 0.0040 | 0.2194 | 0.6397 |
Independent term | 4.2778 | 0.1887 | |||
Disadvantages | Slope | −0.0061 | 0.0043 | 2.0580 | 0.1519 |
Independent term | 3.8957 | 0.2031 | |||
Future | Slope | 0.0012 | 0.0054 | 0.0486 | 0.8256 |
Independent term | 3.7426 | 0.2566 | |||
Didactic usefulness | Slope | 0.0070 | 0.0030 | 5.5980 | 0.0182 * |
Independent term | 3.8011 | 0.1414 |
Variable | Estimate | Std. Error | F-Statistic | p-Value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Competence | Slope | −0.0086 | 0.0065 | 1.7670 | 0.1845 |
Independent term | 3.0931 | 0.3552 | |||
Technical aspects | Slope | 0.0215 | 0.0056 | 14.6100 | 0.0002 * |
Independent term | 2.7241 | 0.3100 | |||
Usability of VR | Slope | 0.0112 | 0.0051 | 4.8020 | 0.0290 * |
Independent term | 3.5268 | 0.2802 | |||
Disadvantages | Slope | 0.0126 | 0.0054 | 5.3580 | 0.0209 * |
Independent term | 2.9027 | 0.2997 | |||
Future | Slope | 0.0073 | 0.0057 | 1.2720 | 0.2050 |
Independent term | 3.5969 | 0.3158 | |||
Didactic usefulness | Slope | 0.0018 | 0.0041 | 0.1907 | 0.6620 |
Independent term | 3.9100 | 0.2272 |
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Antón-Sancho Á, Fernández-Arias P, Vergara D. Virtual Reality in Health Science Education: Professors’ Perceptions. Multimodal Technologies and Interaction. 2022; 6(12):110. https://doi.org/10.3390/mti6120110
Chicago/Turabian StyleAntón-Sancho, Álvaro, Pablo Fernández-Arias, and Diego Vergara. 2022. "Virtual Reality in Health Science Education: Professors’ Perceptions" Multimodal Technologies and Interaction 6, no. 12: 110. https://doi.org/10.3390/mti6120110
APA StyleAntón-Sancho, Á., Fernández-Arias, P., & Vergara, D. (2022). Virtual Reality in Health Science Education: Professors’ Perceptions. Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, 6(12), 110. https://doi.org/10.3390/mti6120110